Sherry Finzer believes that music can be used as a tool to create healing. Her musical journey has taken her from classical to jazz, pop, world, and flamenco, to today, where she feels her music does the best work by helping to calm, soothe and bring people to a state where they can begin to use music as a tool to heal. Fueled by stories shared by followers and fans of Sherry explaining how her music ahs helped them to deal with stress, depression, and physical ailments such as tinnitus, stroke, and cancer, she records, performs, composes, and runs Heart Dance Records, a label consisting of artists with a focus on creating music to be used to help mentally and physically heal. Sherry specializes in the low flutes - alto, bass, and contrabass, as well as Native flutes. 

 

Sherry's music can be heard on SXM Spa Channel (68), Pandora, Spotify, Music Choice Soundscapes, Galaxie Spa Channel, Calm Radio, River of Calm, Journeyscapes, international radio programming, multiple airlines, and overhead music channels. She was one of the first musicians asked to live stream on the Insight Timer app and performs weekly on this platform. Recently Sherry's song "Distant Rivers" was programmed on the PBS show "From Sea to Shining Sea".

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She has recorded over 40 New Age & Contemporary Instrumental albums and EP's as well as multiple singles. She has performed and toured with Darin Mahoney, Cass Anawaty, Scott Cossu, Fiona Joy Hawkins, 7-time GRAMMY Nominee Will Clipman and Mark Holland, is a featured artist on the GRAMMY Nominated Album "The Passenger" by Cheryl Engelhardt, and has collaborated with multiple New Age artists such as Cass Anawaty (Majestica), Lynn Tredeau, Joseph Akins, Greg Maroney, Mark Holland, Cathy Oakes, Darin Mahoney, Will Clipman, VeeRonna Ragone and Michael Martinez.

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Sherry is the founder, president and CEO of Heart Dance Records as well as Higher Level Media, a radio promotions company for instrumental musicians.

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Discography:

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Sanctuary - 2009

Sanctuary II: Earth - 2011

Transformation with guitarist Darin Mahoney - 2013 One World Music Album of the Year

Sanctuary III: Beyond the Dream - 2014 #1 on Echoes/Echoes CD of the Month, Nominated Zone Music Reporter Best Acoustic Album

Flute Flight with Native American Flutist Mark Holland - 2015 Zone Music Reporter Best Meditation/Relaxation Album

Trialogue with Darin Mahoney and pan-global percussionist Will Clipman - 2016 Zone Music Reporter Best Acoustic Album

In the Midst of Stars - 2016 Majestica nominated Best Contemporary Instrumental Album by the RoundGlass Music Awards

Whispers from Silence with Tom Moore - 2016, nominated Best Relaxation Meditation Album

Let There Be Light with Tom Moore - 2017 Zone Music Reporter Best Relaxation/Meditation Album

Traveler with Peter Sheridan - 2017

Auriga to Orion with Majestica (Cass Anawaty) - 2018 Zone Music Reporter Best Chill Groove Album

Somewhere New with Mark Holland - 2018

Acceptance - 2018

Remembrances with Greg Maroney - 2019

Sound Currents with Tom Moore - 2019 Winner Zone Music Reporter Best Relaxation/Meditation Album 2019

A Journey for Mankind with Tom Moore - 2019 Winner Zone Music Reporter Best Ambient Album 2019

The Space Between Breaths with Will Clipman - 2019 Nominated Zone Music Reporter Best World Album 2019

Christmas Picante with VeeRonna Ragone - remastered -2019

Indigo Skies – Evenfall - 2020

Transcendence – Flute Meditations from The Tank - 2020 Nominated Best Solo Flute Album 2020 One World Music Radio

Strength & Serenity with Greg Maroney -  2020 Nominated Best Piano w/Instrumentation Album 2020 One World Music Radio

Behind the Door with Lynn Tredeau (single) - 2020

Full Moon Meditations - 2020

Soul Español with Chris B. Jácome - 2020

Monsoon Winds - Evenfall - 2020

Renewal - "Naked Flute" series - 2021 - Nominated Best Flute Album 2021 One World Music Radio

Spire with Majestica 2021

Solace with City of Dawn 2021

Desert Suite  with pianist Greg Maroney 2021

Connections  "Naked Flute" series 2022

Centered  (EP) with Karasvana  - 2022

Ubiquity (EP) - Evenfall  June 2022

Mystic Breezes with VeeRonna Ragone July 1, 2022

Moonwheel with City of Dawn July 2022

Synesthesia "Naked Flute" series October 2022

Earthbeat with Joseph Akins January 2023

The Beginning EP "Naked Flute" series February 2023

Phenomena with Elise March 2023

The Undercurrent EP "Naked Flute" series - April 2023

The Heart Space EP "Naked Flute" series - May 2023

The Warrior EP "Naked Flute" series - June 2023

The Empress EP "Naked Flute" series - July 2023

The Gratitude Project "Naked Flute" series - August 2023

Desert Meets Ocean with pianist Michael Martinez - October 2023

Live From the Tank with Elise - November 2023

Winter Frost (single) with pianist Greg Maroney - November 2023

The Journeying Sun with City of Dawn & Karasvana - January 2024

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Sherry's arsenal of flutes include:

 

Pearl 14k Maesta C Flute

Pearl Contrabass Flute

Yamaha Gold Brass Alto Flute

Guo New Voice C, New Voice Grenaditte C, Piccolo, Treble G and Bass Flute

Pat Haran Native American-style A and Bb

High Spirits Native American-style flutes - G drone, E, low and high D, C, B

Butch Hall Native American-style flute E

Kuzin Bruce Native American-style F# drone

JP Gomez Native American -style G

Jadon Smith Native American-style flute in F, B

Robert Windpony Native American-style flute in A

Various Native Flutes

Erik the Flutemaker Mdiation Flute

Geoffrey Ellis Xiao

Briccialdi Zi-Fi Headjoint on Pearl Flute

Suling Flute